The word in Scripture

Longsuffering in the Bible

The word longsuffering appears 16 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Longsuffering is patient endurance that bears with others long. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What longsuffering means in the Bible

Longsuffering is patient endurance that bears with others long.

Where the word longsuffering appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word longsuffering appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,”Exodus 34:6

“O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.”Jeremiah 15:15

“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”Romans 2:4

“What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:”Romans 9:22

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”Galatians 5:22

“With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”Ephesians 4:2

“Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;”Colossians 1:11

“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”Colossians 3:12